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Job Description

Place and detonate explosives to demolish structures or to loosen, remove, or displace earth, rock, or other materials. May perform specialized handling, storage, and accounting procedures. Includes seismograph shooters.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 47-5031.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 54,580.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 26.00
Currently, there are 6,310 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters”.

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Tasks for “Unexploded Ordnance Quality Control Worker”

Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.
Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.
Cut specified lengths of primacord and attach primers to cord ends.
Connect gun chambers to electric detonating devices, and operate controls at panelboards, in order to detonate charges in guns or to ignite chemical charges.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
Connect electrical wire to primers, and cover charges or fill blast holes with clay, drill chips, sand, or other material.
Move and store inventories of explosives, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of explosions.
Insert waterproof sealers, bullets, and/or powder charges into guns, and screw gun ports back into place.
Signal hoist operators to lower torpedoes or sample-taking guns into wells and to raise equipment for sampling from blast holes after detonation.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
Insert powder charges into chambers of sidewall sample-taking cylinders, and assemble cylinders, using special wrenches.
Observe odometers, weight indicators, and instrument panels in trucks in order to position guns at predetermined points in wells.
Drive trucks to transport explosives and blasting equipment to blasting sites.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
Insert, pack, and pour explosives, such as dynamite, ammonium nitrate, black powder, or slurries into blast holes; then shovel drill cuttings, admit water into boreholes, and tamp material to compact charges.
Lower perforating guns into wells, using hoists; then use measuring devices and instrument panels to position guns in correct positions for taking samples.
Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
Assemble and position equipment, explosives, and blasting caps in holes at specified depths, or load perforating guns or torpedoes with explosives.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
Place safety cones around blast areas to alert other workers of danger zones, and signal workers as necessary to ensure that they clear blast sites prior to explosions.
Repair and service blasting, shooting, and automotive equipment, and electrical wiring and instruments, using hand tools.
Light fuses, drop detonating devices into wells or boreholes, or activate firing devices with plungers, dials, or buttons, in order to set off single or multiple blasts.
Examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed.
Place explosive charges in holes or other spots; then detonate explosives to demolish structures or to loosen, remove, or displace earth, rock, or other materials.
Mark patterns, locations, and depths of charge holes for drilling, and issue drilling instructions.
Lay primacord between rows of charged blast holes, and tie cord into main lines to form blast patterns.

Related Technology & Tools

Laptop computers
Shock tube detonators
Tractor-trailer trucks
Hoisting equipment
Hand shears
Detonating cords
Resistance testers
Grappling hooks
Meggers
Pneumatic drilling equipment
Personal computers
Hand chisels
Folding knives
Fuse testers
Warning sirens
Right angle prisms
Blasthole drills
Longnose pliers
Surveyors leveling rods
Electricians' knives
Seismic activity recorders
Tie-down equipment
Lowering hooks
Clinometers
Digital micrometers
Explosives handling robots
Equipment dollies
Torpedo levels
Stakebed trucks
Tongue and groove pliers
Wire cutting tools
Laser rangefinders
Electrical circuit testers
Insulated pliers
Blast hole tubing
Crescent wrenches
Digital wattmeters
Coated gloves
Millivoltmeters
Depth measurement gauges
Weighted tape measures
Stake flags
Surface connector blocks
Flashing warning lights
Electronic shock tube initiators
Avalaunchers
Explosive blasting caps
Conduit bending tools
Blasting machines
Plastic plugs
Overhead cranes
Hole savers
Digital ohmmeters
Balance scales
Transport trucks
Perforating casing guns
Wire strippers
Mobile radios
Wire loop pullers
Instantaneous electrical detonators
Precision tweezers
Extension ladders
Explosives time delay fuses
Fuse cutters
Safety harnesses
Digital multimeters
Harpoon retrievers
Non-contact voltage testers
Digital voltmeters
Ring gauges
Galvanometers
Protective safety glasses
Long period delay detonators
Plumb bobs
Spring scales
Discharge hoses
Short period delay detonators
Hydraulic pressure gauges
Pallet jacks
Bore hole thermometers
Test lamps
Day boxes
Protective respirators
Short-wave radios
Safety cones
Safety goggles
Loading poles
Explosives funnels
Digital ammeters
Protective ear plugs
Jackhammers
Hard hats
Wire cleaning brushes
Rubber mallets
Temperature data loggers
Wheeled wire dispensers
Ammonium nitrate fuel oil ANFO loaders
Wood wedges
Hacksaws
Dewatering pumps
Phase rotation meters
Padded gloves
Vernier calipers
Phillips head screwdrivers
Portable cranes
Remote firing devices
Tamping rods
Remote blasting systems
Forklifts
Non-electric delay detonators
Perforating capsule guns
End cutting pliers
Portable signal generators
Blasting cap crimpers
Fixed blade knives
Digital calculators
Safety fuses
Portable air compressors

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